Folks tend to see teaching as a one track job, i.e., 6 classes a day and home. Most have no clue what happens in an average school day. Yes, there are 6 class periods for most. But then there are lesson plans, devising tests, grading papers, custodial duties, monitoring the halls, working the gate at sporting events, parent/teacher conferences, teachers’ meetings, administrative trivia, deadlines for report cards, handling injured/ill students, disciplinary hearings for recalcitrant students, hearings for the handicapped, assisting with college applications, and on and on.
It’s a tough, demanding job and not one that a person can easily put aside after hours. I began teaching in 73 and can verify that from 24 years in the profession. And yet, I often heard and still hear the comment, ‘Oh he’s/she’s a teacher, you know’ in a condescending tone. as if one is to be pitied in some way.
It reminds me of the old saw Those who can’t do, teach. and I resent it. To my mind that should read, Those who can’t teach, DO . . . SOMETHING ELSE . . . PUHLEEZE!
Back when I was in 6th grade (1959) I overheard a couple teachers talking. One of them mentioned that the average starting teacher’s salary then was $6000.
As a former educator in both regular ed, special ed and junior high and senior high levels, I will defend to the death every penny every teacher believes they deserve. Try it sometime; you’ll agree. For the stuff they have to put up with — usually one or two troublesome students and many, many more parents who all think their children are geniuses and it’s the teachers’ fault when they underperform — they will NEVER make enough money for the difference they make in young lives.
Rhetorical_Question 2 months ago
Have Frazz purchased the shoes and give them to his girlfriend?
Concretionist 2 months ago
Nihilism is pretty standard for folks on a teacher’s income.
rheddmobile 2 months ago
The new super shoes are not great for middle of the pack runners with dodgy knees. Guess how I know this.
Charles 2 months ago
The average teacher’s salary here in the USA is over $66,000 per year. That’s not exactly living in the poor house.
Serial Pedant 2 months ago
But it’s less than the average car salesman-who doesn’t spend four years in college, emerging all too often with massive student loan debt.
sandpiper 2 months ago
Folks tend to see teaching as a one track job, i.e., 6 classes a day and home. Most have no clue what happens in an average school day. Yes, there are 6 class periods for most. But then there are lesson plans, devising tests, grading papers, custodial duties, monitoring the halls, working the gate at sporting events, parent/teacher conferences, teachers’ meetings, administrative trivia, deadlines for report cards, handling injured/ill students, disciplinary hearings for recalcitrant students, hearings for the handicapped, assisting with college applications, and on and on.
It’s a tough, demanding job and not one that a person can easily put aside after hours. I began teaching in 73 and can verify that from 24 years in the profession. And yet, I often heard and still hear the comment, ‘Oh he’s/she’s a teacher, you know’ in a condescending tone. as if one is to be pitied in some way.
It reminds me of the old saw Those who can’t do, teach. and I resent it. To my mind that should read, Those who can’t teach, DO . . . SOMETHING ELSE . . . PUHLEEZE!
Richard S Russell Premium Member 2 months ago
“I’m only in it for the money.” —No teacher ever
markkahler52 2 months ago
Living in the Divided States of Nihilia
rroush Premium Member 2 months ago
Back when I was in 6th grade (1959) I overheard a couple teachers talking. One of them mentioned that the average starting teacher’s salary then was $6000.
Lambutts 2 months ago
As a former educator in both regular ed, special ed and junior high and senior high levels, I will defend to the death every penny every teacher believes they deserve. Try it sometime; you’ll agree. For the stuff they have to put up with — usually one or two troublesome students and many, many more parents who all think their children are geniuses and it’s the teachers’ fault when they underperform — they will NEVER make enough money for the difference they make in young lives.